Jazz / Post-Bop; Hard Bop; Contemporary Jazz
Recorded: Cello Studios, Hollywood, California
Guitarist Anthony Wilson is a particularly talented arranger-composer. He is usually heard with larger groups, so this trio outing gives listeners a rare opportunity to hear him stretch out as an improviser. The music mostly falls between hard bop and soul-jazz and tends to be laid-back and relaxed, even the rapid rendition of "All the Things You Are." The fine Los Angeles organist Joe Bagg works well with Wilson, while drummer Mark Ferber adds subtlety and swing. But the guitarist, who contributed four of the eight selections, is the main star and his soft tone and quietly inventive ideas make this set worth listening to closely.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic
Anthony Wilson - guitar
Joe Bagg - Hammond b-3 organ
Mark Ferber - drums |
